My battle to be diagnosed with endometriosis and adenomyosis has been a long one: 11 years for adenomyosis and 13 years for endometriosis.
I was misdiagnosed with IBS and an anxiety disorder for years. I’m pretty sure I have medical trauma from enduring multiple humiliating examinations and being told that I was perfectly healthy, when in fact I was living with two excruciatingly painful conditions.
I was lucky: my laparoscopy revealed that I had superficial endometriosis, which was excised, but I live with the symptoms of adenomyosis every day.
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